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In the New ‘Great Gatsby’ Trailer, The Jazz Age Meets Hip Hop

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Lyneka Little

May 23, 2012 7:03 am ET

“The Great Gatsby” is set during the Jazz Age, but a new movie version is adding a dose of hip hop. A trailer for the coming adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire has hit the web and it’s causing a stir with literature purists. The film, based on the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald and directed by Baz Luhrmann, is scheduled for release this Christmas. The trailer opens in the proper setting of 1922 but the musical selection –Kanye West’s and Jay-Z’s “No Church in the Wild”– is awfully contemporary. Later on, we hear Jack White’s cover of U2′s “Love is Blindness.” Bono and the boys have been around a long time, but they weren’t contemporaries of Fitzgerald. However, we’re not so sure about White–he’s always had retro sensibilities. Watch the trailer after the jump.